Call to CJE 2018 Annual Member Meeting

Review of Judicial Candidates & November Races

Thursday, September 13, 2018 from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

All CJE members are invited and strongly encouraged to attend the 2018 CJE Annual Meeting and Judicial Candidate Review Meeting of Citizens for Judicial Excellence. CJE leadership will review the field of candidates for municipal and district court judicial races in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties.

All members are encouraged to attend, share their thoughts on races where CJE should play an important role, discuss the current judicial races and candidates, and vote on which candidates CJE should target or support*. This meeting will include a poll of candidates and discussion of the results which will help guide the organization’s leadership in this election.

The meeting commences on Thursday, September 13, 2018, and will be held at Carillon Point Regus Center, 5400 Carillon Point, Building 5000, 4th Floor in Kirkland. (After entering Carillon Point, turn left at the intersection, then drive to the end of the road. Building 5000 is on the right. Parking is located directly across the driveway from Building 5000 and is free for those departing after 7:00 p.m.)

A light dinner of sandwiches, beverages and dessert will be provided courtesy of CJE. Please check the CJE website at cjepac.com/meeting for further meeting details.

Please Register and RSVP by Tuesday, September 11 so that we can arrange for adequate seating and food/beverages. This is your opportunity, as a CJE member, to discuss the important judicial races. Please note that this meeting is open only to CJE members in good standing** and is not open to guests. If you cannot attend, you can assign your proxy*** to another CJE member or board member. Please email greg@cjepac.com to receive a proxy form (write “Proxy Request” in the subject line).

We look forward to seeing you there.

— CJE Board of Directors

* The CJE Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee Guidelines are available for review on the CJE website at cjepac.com/evaluation-rules

** If you are not current on your dues, please contact CJE Administrative Director Greg McDonald at greg@cjepac.com or (206) 456-6911 ext 202 to make arrangements to become current

*** Proxy voting is subject to the provisions in the CJE Bylaws, Article VIII, §5(A)(2). Please refer to the CJE website at cjepac.com/bylaws for details

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What They’re Saying About CJE …

THANK YOU for your leadership this past year and congratulations on your incredible success in reshaping the judicial landscape in King County. The Seattle Municipal Court will clearly never be the same again but the gains made at the District Court level are no less impressive. It’s a short term improvement and a long term wake-up call that a judicial post is not an automatic lifetime job with zero accountability.

Christian SindermanNW Passage Consulting

Over the past several years, the group has emerged as a muscular — and some say unprecedented — force in typically low-profile elections for municipal- and district-court judges in King and Snohomish counties.
National experts say it is one of the only groups in the United States raising money to affect the outcomes of such low-level judicial races.
CJE won four of five races it targeted in 2010, including ousting two incumbent judges with independent-expenditure campaigns that dwarfed spending by the targeted candidates.

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